Role of illness perception and self-efficacy in lifestyle modification among non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To describe the relationships between non-alcoholic fatty-liver disease (NAFLD) patient's disease consequences and treatment perceptions, self-efficacy, and healthy lifestyle maintenance.

Methods

A cross-sectional study among 146 ultrasound diagnosed NAFLD patients who visited the fatty liver clinic at the Tel-Aviv Medical Center. Eighty-seven of these individuals, participated in a clinical trial of physical activity and underwent fasting blood tests, analyzed at the same lab. Exclusion criteria included positivity for serum HBsAg or anti-HCV antibodies; fatty liver suspected to be secondary to hepatotoxic drugs; excessive alcohol consumption (≥ 30 g/d in men or ≥ 20 g/d in women) and positive markers of genetic or immune-mediated liver diseases. Patients were asked to

SUBMITTER: Zelber-Sagi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5352930 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature